Examples of 'took action' in a sentence

Meaning of "took action"

Took action implies the act of responding or reacting to a situation by initiating or carrying out a course of action. It signifies that a person or group has decided to take active measures or steps to address or resolve a particular issue or problem
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  • simple past tense of take action

How to use "took action" in a sentence

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took action
You took action with no plan in place.
The authorities took action against her.
He took action and changed his destiny.
She never once took action to defend me.
We took action when we had enough evidence.
Some artists were unhappy and took action.
He took action and owned up to the consequences.
Beats was a man who took action.
Barış took action when he felt he was cornered.
The point is that they took action.
You took action to change their minds.
It seems that google allready took action.
No one took action to prevent the harassment.
So this week they finally took action.
And she took action without hesitation.

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And the authorities indeed took action.
Operators took action on other fronts as well.
I saw the threat and took action.
And he took action to end that association.
Different state governments also took action.
They took action and attempted to correct it.
She finally listened and took action.
They took action before anyone else.
This was when the pastor took action.
They took action that summer.
After that the inspectors took action.
We took action to increase bank transparency.
Long before they took action to stop him.
We took action before you reported the case.
They immediately took action to escape.
We took action to restore that funding.
Private agencies took action as well.
And took action as one of the first countries to do so.
The town council took action after complaints.
Took action to modernize federal parental leave policy.
The government took action at the appropriate time.
We tracked down the suspects and took action.
The king took action in secrecy.
Because it perceived him as a threat and took action.
It is high time we took action and reached agreement.
I took action to fix the problem.
They quickly took action to help me.
Less sorry for him because he took action.
They only took action for a specific reason.
Danish directors also took action.
We in fact took action but it was a process.
My point is that you took action.
They took action and truncated our plans.
Lithuania reported that it took action in this regard.
They took action into their own hands.

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Examples of using Action
Action taken to strengthen ownership and accountability
The police took no action in such cases
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